Fiber optic networks developing in Shreveport, Caddo

11:27 PM,
Aug. 25, 2013

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A few years ago, it took much longer to book a child into Caddo Parish's juvenile detention system than it does today.

That's because officers frequently faced technical difficulties with the computer program used to process children into the system. And they would have to wait, sometimes for hours, director Clay Walker said.

But in the past two years - as information has been transmitted through fiber optic communication cables - the reliability of the program has improved. And that has resulted in fewer delays, he said. ...